Tag: WYD Madrid 2011

  • Rome Sweet Home… WYD Madrid

    Rome Sweet Home… WYD Madrid

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    diana
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    Just had to borrow from Scott Han coz we are here!!! Yes in Rome where the Mother church is based yoohoo!!! We have had a tour of the basilica, some went to the Sistine Chapel and Father showed us the most amazing gelataria!!! Yes and Amen to Italian gelato… heaven on earth as Padre Jon…

  • The vigil – WYD Madrid

    The vigil – WYD Madrid

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    diana
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    no words… the excitement, the heat… the scorching heat, the painful heat, the hellish heat, the fainting… offering it up the hard ground, the stones and gravel, the thorns, the sand, no shelter… then the rain, wet boxes, no shelter… and offering it up.. the pope, adoration, exchanging gifts, the coughing, the pain, the loos…. offering it up…

  • The last pilgrim day… WYD Madrid

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    diana
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    …. is finally upon us! Vigil night. Most are so not looking forward to the day of trekking ahead of us. At the very least 4 hours of walking in the Madrid heat… the life of a pilgrim sigh 🙂 We had the most fantstic catechesis and mass yestreday with Archbishop ODonnel from New York.…